Santa was here! part 2.

[fdoc]

As I've mentioned,Santa was here...

 

[fdoc]

and in this year too...

it is some roadie stuff,but retro enough
my favourite is the Maillard spoke-nipple key w inbuilt bottle openeres

 

[jmgk]

K-NOBS


ha!

 

[fdoc]

K-Nobs

Yes,they are

 

[Chute55uk]

k-nobs, love it

 

[jmgk]

k-nobs, love it

such children

 

[fdoc]

K-Nobs at winter

Outstanding winter performance(controll,traction)by these tyres

 

[jmgk]

very nice! I love the logo.

Do they still handmake bicycle tyres in holland or it that a thing of the past?

What's that bike you have there? a fine machine!

 

[fdoc]

Velo Schauff

Hello from here!
I don't know,but somehow this is my favourite tyre brand. Every year I get a copy of their current product-catalogue: a kind of faculty book on contemporary bicycle tyres. K-Nobs are from the beginning of the last decade(luckily enough these were stored properly:no signs of aging),
as far as I know nowadays Vredestein does not make manufactured tyres.
The bike itself is a Velo Schauff (check out here:
http://www.schauff.de/schauff/index.php ... language=e) Highvoltage from '97. I purchased it 2 months ago:this is my current winter-workbike http://www.retrobike.co.uk/forum/viewto ... &start=405
Non-marked cro-moly steel lugged frame,Shimano 100GS groupset(pedals NOS Shimano Exage Trail). A very solid bike,rides smooth,all parts work fine -as it is a brand new one. I've changed the originally fitted ugly steel mudguards to light plastic pieces an fitted the rubber flaps.
http://www.retrobike.co.uk/forum/viewto ... &start=420
Still not a beauty,but absolutely functional.

 

[dbmtb]

The Maillard tool is for a helicomatic block isn't it?